System and method for enhancing multimedia content with visual effects automatically based on audio characteristics

ABSTRACT

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards system for enhancing multimedia content with visual effects based on audio characteristics, comprising computing device comprises multimedia content enhancing module enables end-user to record multimedia content using camera; enables to select audio track and combine with multimedia content recorded; sends audio track and multimedia content recorded to cloud server; cloud server comprising multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving module to receive and analyze beat characteristics of audio track and multimedia content recorded; categorize visual effects and filters and deliver to the computing device; multimedia content enhancing module displays categorized visual effects and filters on computing device and enables end-user to select and apply categorized visual effects and filters on multimedia content to create enhanced multimedia content; enables the end-user to share and post enhanced multimedia content on computing device.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This patent application claims priority benefit of U.S. ProvisionalPatent Application No: 63/296,500, entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FORENHANCING VIDEOS WITH VISUAL EFFECTS AUTOMATICALLY BASED ON AUDIOCHARACTERISTICS”, filed on 5 Jan. 2022. The entire contents of thepatent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein in itsentirety.

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to automatically enhancing a user'srecorded video by applying a series of visual effects and simulatedcamera movements to improve the visual appeal of the video. Secondly, itapplies to a user touching an icon on a software application to invokesuch automatic enhancements. Thirdly, it applies to detecting similarand distinct characteristics in the audio and using the right types ofeffects to use for maximum appeal. Lastly, this invention relates tosynchronizing such effects to an audio or video track to create betterexperiences.

BACKGROUND

Some existing cameras have auto enhancements that can fix the lighting,sharpness, brightness, and smoothness in photos and videos. None ofthese change the camera angle, zoom, color filters, backgrounds, orother characteristics in videos. Some creation tools offer individualfilters and effects that a creator may choose during creation. None ofthese provide the ability to automatically combine filters and effectsthat come together contextually based on an audio track or videocomponents.

In the light of the aforementioned discussion, there exists a need for acertain system to enhance videos with visual effects automatically basedon audio characteristics on the computing device with novelmethodologies that would overcome the above-mentioned challenges.

SUMMARY

The following invention presents a simplified summary of the disclosurein order to provide a basic understanding to the reader. This summary isnot an extensive overview of the disclosure and it does not identifykey/critical elements of the invention or delineate the scope of theinvention. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts disclosed hereinin a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description thatis presented later.

An objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a system andcomputer implemented method for enhancing videos with visual effectsautomatically based on audio characteristics.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat enables an end-user to select an audio track to create a video.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat detects the types of beats in the audio track and relevant pointsbased on the energy level changes to which different types of visualeffects can be applied.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat enables the end-user to select the visual effects and add to themultimedia content after recording the multimedia content inpost-processing.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat creates the visual effects based on the audio track and combinesthem on the camera as the creator records the multimedia content.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat allows the end-user to visualize the enhanced multimedia content asit is being recorded.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat categorizes the visual effects into multiple types that may beappropriate for different energy levels in the audio and different typesof beats in the audio.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat enables the end-user to select the appropriate category of visualeffects based on the characteristics of the audio track used to createthe multimedia content.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat groups the visual effects in a way that a given group of visualeffects are complementary and when applied together, they result in ahighly appealing video.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat analyzes the lyrics of the selected audio track and enables theend-user to use the visual effects related to the semantics in the rightplaces of the multimedia content. For example, foreground rain may besimulated when the lyrics refer to rain. Or a moon may be shown in thebackground when the lyrics refer to night-time or moonlight.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat applies visual effects in pairs to create symmetric outputs. Forexample, a transition animation to the right may then result in atransition animation to the left at a later point in the video.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat programmes the visual effects to follow the principles of physicssuch that they appear more realistic in the final video(For example,enhanced multimedia content).

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat follows a pattern of visual effects similar to a referencevideo—for example, the pattern of visual effects may help to recreate aportion of an official music video.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat includes the visual effects that are language-independent and/ordepends on the specific language of the audio track.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat performs sound analysis to keep track of audio fingerprints withinthe audio track to have uniformity in visual effects for similar sounds.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat performs sound analysis to identify different types of audioinstruments from the audio track and use specific effects that arecomplementary to such instruments.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat enables the multimedia content enhancements to offer multipleversions of enhanced multimedia content for the end-user to select from.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a systemthat tracks the end-user's version of the multimedia contentenhancements and adapts to the visual effects that the end-user islikely to select.

According to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, a systemincludes a computing device configured to establish communication with acloud server over a network.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, thecomputing device includes a multimedia content enhancing module isconfigured to enable an end-user to perform at least one of: recordmultimedia content using a camera; select the multimedia content storedin a memory of the computing device.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, themultimedia content enhancing module is configured to enable the end-userto select an audio track and combine with at least one of: multimediacontent recorded using the camera; and multimedia content selected fromthe memory of the computing device.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, themultimedia content enhancing module is configured to send the audiotrack and at least one of: the multimedia content recorded using thecamera; and the multimedia content selected from the memory of thecomputing device to the cloud server.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, thecloud server includes a multimedia analyzing and visual effectsretrieving module configured to receive and analyze beatscharacteristics of the audio track and at least one of: the multimediacontent recorded using the camera; the multimedia content selected fromthe memory of the computing device.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, themultimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving module is configuredto retrieve and categorize a series of visual effects and filters intomultiple types based on the different beat characteristics in the audiotrack, and one or more video components of at least one of: themultimedia content recorded using the camera; the multimedia contentselected from the memory of the computing device.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, themultimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving module on the cloudserver is configured to deliver the series of categorized visual effectsand filters to the multimedia content enhancing module on the computingdevice over the network.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, themultimedia content enhancing module is configured to display the seriesof categorized visual effects and filters on the computing device andenable the end-user to select and apply the categorized visual effectsand filters to at least one of: the multimedia content recorded usingthe camera; the multimedia content selected from the memory of thecomputing device; to create an enhanced multimedia content.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, themultimedia content enhancing module is configured to enable the end-userto share and post the enhanced multimedia content on the computingdevice.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the following, numerous specific details are set forth to provide athorough description of various embodiments. Certain embodiments may bepracticed without these specific details or with some variations indetail. In some instances, certain features are described in less detailso as not to obscure other aspects. The level of detail associated witheach of the elements or features should not be construed to qualify thenovelty or importance of one feature over the others.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram depicting a schematic representation of asystem for enhancing multimedia content automatically with visualeffects based on audio characteristics on a computing device, inaccordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram depicting an embodiment of the multimediacontent enhancing module 114 on the computing device 102 shown in FIG. 1, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram depicting an embodiment of the multimediacontent analyzing and visual effects retrieving module 114 on thecomputing device 102 shown in FIG. 1 , in accordance with one or moreexemplary embodiments.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram depicting the system for enhancing multimediaautomatically with visual effects based on audio characteristics on thecomputing device, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 5 are example screens depicting the multimedia enhancement module,in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram depicting a method for enhancing multimediacontent automatically with visual effects based on audio characteristicson the computing device, in accordance with one or more exemplaryembodiments.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating the details of a digitalprocessing system in which various aspects of the present disclosure areoperative by execution of appropriate software instructions.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS

It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited in itsapplication to the details of construction and the arrangement ofcomponents set forth in the following description or illustrated in thedrawings. The present disclosure is capable of other embodiments and ofbeing practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Also, it is tobe understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is forthe purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

The use of “including”, “comprising” or “having” and variations thereofherein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalentsthereof as well as additional items. The terms “a” and “an” herein donot denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence ofat least one of the referenced item. Further, the use of terms “first”,“second”, and “third”, and so forth, herein do not denote any order,quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one elementfrom another.

Referring to FIG. 1 is a block diagram 100 depicting a schematicrepresentation of a system for enhancing multimedia contentautomatically with visual effects based on audio characteristics on acomputing device, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.The system 100 includes a computing device 102, a network 104, and acloud server 106. The computing device 102 includes a camera 108, aprocessor 110, a memory 112, and a multimedia content enhancing module114. The processor 110 may be a central processing unit and/or agraphics processing unit (As shown in FIG. 7 ). The cloud server 106includes a multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving module116. The multimedia content may include, but not limited to, video,audio clips, images, still photographs, or a collection of frames ofimages to create video or similar visual media, a portion of an image,an entire movie, a movie chapter, a movie scene, a movie shot, or amovie frame, or a plurality of images and/or videos, audio recordings oraudio recording segments, and the like.

The computing device 102 may be connected to the one or more computingdevices via the network 104. The computing device 102 may include, butis not limited to, a personal digital assistant, smartphones, personalcomputers, a mobile station, computing tablets, a handheld device, aninternet enabled calling device, an internet enabled calling software, atelephone, a mobile phone, a digital processing system, and so forth.The network 104 may include, but not limited to, an Internet of things(IoT network devices), an Ethernet, a wireless local area network(WLAN), or a wide area network (WAN), a Bluetooth low energy network, aZigBee network, a WIFI communication network e.g., the wireless highspeed internet, or a combination of networks, a cellular service such asa 4G (e.g., LTE, mobile WiMAX) or 5G cellular data service, a RFIDmodule, a NFC module, wired cables, such as the world-wide-web basedInternet, or other types of networks may include Transport ControlProtocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) or device addresses (e.g.network-based MAC addresses, or those provided in a proprietarynetworking protocol, such as Modbus TCP, or by using appropriate datafeeds to obtain data from various web services, including retrieving XMLdata from an HTTP address, then traversing the XML for a particularnode) and so forth without limiting the scope of the present disclosure.The network 104 may be configured to provide access to different typesof users.

The multimedia content enhancing module 114 on the computing device 102is accessed as a mobile application, web application, software thatoffers the functionality of accessing mobile applications, andviewing/processing of interactive pages, for example, are implemented inthe computing device 102, as will be apparent to one skilled in therelevant arts by reading the disclosure provided herein. For example,the multimedia content enhancing module 114 may be any suitableapplication downloaded from GOOGLE PLAY® (for Google Android devices),Apple Inc.'s APP STORE® (for Apple devices), or any other suitabledatabase, server, webpage or uniform resource locator (URL). Themultimedia content enhancing module 114 which may be a desktopapplication which runs on Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Linux or any otheroperating system, and may be downloaded from a webpage or a CD/USB sticketc. In some embodiments, the multimedia content enhancing module 114may be software, firmware, or hardware that is integrated into thecomputing device 102.

Although the computing device 102 is shown in FIG. 1 , an embodiment ofthe system 100 may support any number of computing devices. Thecomputing device 102 may be operated by the end-user. The end-user mayinclude, but not limited to, an individual, a client, an operator, auser, a creator, and so forth. The computing device 102 supported by thesystem 100 is realized as a computer-implemented or computer-baseddevice having the hardware or firmware, software, and/or processinglogic needed to carry out the computer-implemented methodologiesdescribed in more detail herein.

In accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the computing device 102 includes the camera 108 may beconfigured to enable the end-user to record the multimedia contentthrough the processor 104. The multimedia content enhancing module 114may automatically enhance the recorded multimedia content on thecomputing device 102 by applying a series of visual effects andsimulated camera movements to improve the visual appeal of themultimedia content. The visual effects also known as VFX effects, createor manipulate images outside the context of a live-action shot infilmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footageand camera graphic elements to create realistic imagery is called VFXeffects.

Secondly, the multimedia content enhancing module 114 may be configuredto enable the end-user to apply the visual effects and filters to therecorded multimedia content upon touching an icon existing in themultimedia content enhancing module 114 to invoke such automaticenhancements. Thirdly, the multimedia content enhancing module 114 maybe configured to apply the visual effects and filters to similar anddistinct audio characteristics detected in the audio track and use theright types of effects to use for maximum appeal. The audio/beatcharacteristics may include, but not limited to, lyrics, different typesof beats, beat characteristics, one or more of energy levels, type ofinstruments, timing of beats, and the like. The multimedia contentenhancing module 114 may be configured to synchronize such visualeffects and filters to an audio or video track to create betterexperiences.

The visual effects and filters are added automatically as the end-userrecords the multimedia content using the camera 108. This allows theend-user to visualize the enhanced multimedia content as it is beingrecorded. The visual effects and filters are categorized into multipletypes that may be appropriate for different audio characteristics in theaudio and different types of beats in the audio. The multimedia contentenhancing module 114 may be configured to enable the end-user to selectthe appropriate category of visual effects based on the beatcharacteristics of the audio track used to create the multimediacontent.

In another embodiment of the invention, the visual effects and filtersmay be grouped in a way that a given group of effects are complementaryand when applied together, they result in a highly appealing video. Themultimedia content enhancing module 114 may be configured to suggest thevisual effects and filters related to the semantics in the right placesof the multimedia content based on the beats characteristics of theaudio track selected by the end-user. The multimedia content enhancingmodule 114 may be configured to suggest the visual effects and filtersrelated to the semantics in the right places of the multimedia contentbased on the lyrics of the audio track selected by the end-user. Forexample, foreground rain may be simulated when the lyrics refer to rain.Or a moon may be shown in the background when the lyrics refer tonight-time or moonlight. The visual effects and filters may be appliedin pairs to create symmetric outputs. For example, a transitionanimation to the right may then result in a transition animation to theleft at a later point in the video. The visual effects and filters maybe programmed to follow the principles of physics such that they appearmore realistic in the final video. The visual effects and filters mayalso follow a pattern similar to a reference video - for example, theymay help to recreate a portion of an official music video. Themultimedia content enhancing module 114 may be configured to analyse thebeats characteristics of the selected audio track and apply the visualeffects and filters to the multimedia content automatically on thecomputing device 102 as the end-user records the multimedia content. Theapplied visual effects and filters are related to the semantics in theright places of the multimedia content based on the anlayzed beatscharacteristics of the audio track selected by the end-user.

The visual effects and filters may be language-independent or may dependon the specific language of the audio track. The sound analysis may keeptrack of audio fingerprints within the audio track to have uniformity inthe visual effects for similar sounds. The sound analysis may alsoidentify different types of audio instruments from the audio track anduse specific effects that are complementary to such instruments. Themultimedia content enhancing module 114 may enable the multimediacontent enhancements to offer multiple versions of enhanced multimediacontent for the end-user to choose from. The multimedia contentenhancing module 114 may be configured to keep track of the end-userschosen version of the multimedia content enhancements and adapt to thevisual effects and filters that the end-user is likely to choose. Themultimedia content enhancing module 114 may be configured to performprocessing of the multimedia content by applying the series of visualeffects and filters on the computing device without the cloud server106.

Referring to FIG. 2 is a block diagram 200 depicting an embodiment ofthe multimedia content enhancing module 114 on the computing device 102of shown in FIG. 1 , in accordance with one or more exemplaryembodiments. The diagram 200 includes a multimedia content recording andselection module 202, an audio track selection module 204, an automaticvisual effects enhancements module 206, a post-processing module 208, acontent preview enabling module 210, and visual effects and filtersselection module 212, and an enhanced multimedia sharing and postingmodule 214.

The multimedia content recording and selection module 202 may beconfigured to enable the end-user to record the multimedia content onthe computing device 102 using the camera 108. The multimedia contentrecording and selection module 202 may be configured to enable theend-user to select the multimedia content stored in the memory of thecomputing device, and the like. The audio track selection enablingmodule 204 may be configured to enable the end-user to select an audiotrack from the memory 112 of the computing device 102 to create a video.The multimedia enhancement module 206 may be configured to apply thevisual effects and filters automatically related to the semantics in theright places based on the lyrics and/or beats characteristics of theselected audio track.

The visual effects and filters are categorized into multiple types thatmay be appropriate for different beat characteristics in the audiotrack. The visual effects and filters are also categorized into multipletypes that may be appropriate for different energy levels in the audiotrack and different types of beats in the audio track. Based on theaudio/beat characteristics of the audio track used to create the video,the appropriate category of visual effects and the filters can beselected. The visual effects and filters may be grouped in a way that agiven group of visual effects are complementary and when appliedtogether, they result in a highly appealing video. The beatscharacteristics of the audio track may be analysed and apply the visualeffects and filters to the multimedia content that match the beats. Thelyrics of the selected audio track may be analysed and the visualeffects and filters related to the semantics may be used in the rightplaces. For example, foreground rain may be simulated when the lyricsrefer to rain. Or a moon may be shown in the background when the lyricsrefer to night-time or moonlight.

The automatic visual effects enhancements module 206 may be configuredto detect the types of beats in the audio track and relevant pointsbased on the energy level changes to which different types of the visualeffects and filters can be applied. The automatic visual effectsenhancements module 206 may be configured to apply the visual effectsand filters automatically on the camera 108 as the end-user records thevideo. The automatic visual effects enhancements module 206 may beconfigured to enable the end-user to visualize the enhanced video(enhanced multimedia content) as it is being recorded using the camera108 on the computing device 102. The visual effects and filters may beapplied in pairs to create symmetric outputs. For example, a transitionanimation to the right in the video may then result in a transitionanimation to the left at a later point in the video.

The visual effects and filters may be programmed in the memory 112 tofollow the principles of physics such that they appear more realistic inthe final video. The visual effects and filters may also follow apattern similar to a reference video—for example, they may help recreatea portion of an official music video. The visual effects and filters maybe language-independent or may depend on the specific language of theaudio track. The sound analysis may keep track of audio fingerprintswithin the audio track to have uniformity in the visual effects forsimilar sounds. The sound analysis may also identify different types ofaudio instruments from the audio track and enable the end-user to usespecific visual effects that are complementary to such instruments.

The post-processing module 208 may be configured to enable the end-userto apply the selected visual effects and filters to the recorded videoand enables these video enhancements to offer multiple versions ofenhanced videos for the end-user to choose from. The content previewenabling module 210 may be configured to enable the end-user to previewthe automatically enhanced video when recorded using the camera 108. Thevisual effects and filters selection module 212 may be configured toenable the end-user to select the visual effects and filters to createthe enhanced video. The visual effects and filters selection module 212may keep track of the end-user's selected version of the enhancementsand adapt to the visual effects that the end-user is likely to select.The enhanced multimedia sharing and posting module 214 may be configuredto enable the end-user to share and post the enhanced multimedia contenton the computing device 102.

Referring to FIG. 3 is a block diagram 300 depicting an embodiment ofthe multimedia content analyzing and visual effects retrieving module114 on the computing device 102 of shown in FIG. 1 , in accordance withone or more exemplary embodiments. The diagram 300 includes themultimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving module 116. Themultimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving module 116 includes amultimedia content receiving module 302, an audio track analyzing module304, a sound analyzing module 306, characteristics detecting module 308,visual effects and filters categorizing module 310, visual effects andfilters synchronizing module 312, and visual effects and filtersproviding module 314.

The multimedia content receiving module 302 may be configured to receivethe recorded multimedia and the selected audio track from the computingdevice 102 over the network 104. The audio track analyzing module 304may be configured to analyze the beat characteristics of the selectedaudio track. The audio track analyzing module 304 may be configured toanalyze the lyrics of the selected audio track. The sound analyzingmodule 306 may be configured to analyze the sound of the selected audiotrack. The sound analysing module 306 may be configured to perform soundanalysis to keep track of audio fingerprints within the audio track tohave uniformity in effects for similar sounds. The sound analyzingmodule 306 may be configured to perform sound analysis to identifydifferent types of audio instruments from the audio track and usespecific effects that are complementary to such instruments. Thecharacteristics detecting module 308 may be configured to detect similarand distinct beat characteristics in the audio track and use the rightvisual effects and filters to use for maximum appeal. The audio and/orbeat characteristics, may include, but not limited to, one or more ofenergy levels, type of instruments, timing of beats, different types ofbeats, and the like.

The visual effects and filters categorizing module 310 may be configuredto retrieve and categorize the series of visual effects and filters intomultiple types based on the different beat characteristics detected inthe audio track, and the detected video components of the multimediacontent recorded using the camera 108 and/or the multimedia contentselected from the memory 112 of the computing device 102. The visualeffects and filters synchronizing module 312 may be configured tosynchronize the visual effects and filters to the audio or video trackto create better experiences. The visual effects and filters providingmodule 314 may be configured to provide the visual effects and filtersto the computing device based on the analyzed beat characteristicsand/or the lyrics of the selected audio track.

Referring to FIG. 4 is a block diagram 400 depicting the system forenhancing multimedia content automatically with visual effects based onaudio characteristics on the computing device, in accordance with one ormore exemplary embodiments. The diagram 400 includes the camera 108, afilmi icon 402, a share icon 404, a preview option 406, and a postoption 408. The camera 108 may be configured to add the visual effectsand filters automatically as the creator records the video. This allowsthe creator to visualize or preview the enhanced video as it is beingrecorded. The filmi icon 402 may be configured to automatically enhancethe creator recorded video by applying the series of visual effects andsimulated camera movements to improve the visual appeal of the video.The series of visual effects and filter may apply when thecreator/end-user touches the filmi icon 402 on the multimedia contentenhancing module 114 to invoke such automatic enhancements. The shareicon 404 may be configured to enable the creator/end-user to share theenhanced multimedia content created on the computing device 102 tosecondary computing devices. The secondary computing devices may beoperated by friends, family, and the like. The preview option 406 may beconfigured to enable the creator/end-user to preview the enhancedmultimedia content as it being recorded. The post option 408 may beconfigured to enable the end-user to post the enhanced multimediacontent on the computing device 102.

Referring to FIG. 5 are example screens 500 depicting the multimediaenhancement module, in accordance with one or more exemplaryembodiments. The screens 500 includes multimedia screens 502 a, 502 b,502 c, 502 d, 502 e, 502 f and 502 g. The screens 502 a, 502 b, 502 c,502 d, 502 e, 502 f and 502 g depicts enhancing videos with the visualeffects automatically based on audio characteristics. A creator picks anaudio track to create a video, and the system detects the types of beatsin the audio and relevant points based on an energy level change towhich different types of visual effects and filters may be applied.After the creator records the video, add the chosen visual effects andfilters to the video in post-processing. Visual effects are added to thevideo as the creator records the video using the camera, this allows thecreator to visualize the enhanced video as it is being recorded.Categorize the visual effects into multiple types that may beappropriate for different energy levels in the audio and different typesof beats characteristics in the audio. The visual effects follow apattern similar to a reference video, the sound analysis keeps track ofaudio fingerprints within the audio track to have uniformity in effectsfor similar sounds. The sound analysis also identifies different typesof audio instruments from the audio track.

Referring to FIG. 6 is a flow diagram 600 depicting a method forenhancing multimedia content automatically with visual effects based onaudio characteristics on the computing device, in accordance with one ormore exemplary embodiments. The method 600 may be carried out in thecontext of the details of FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 , FIG. 4 , and FIG. 5. However, the method 600 may also be carried out in any desiredenvironment. Further, the aforementioned definitions may equally applyto the description below.

The method commences at step 602, enabling the end-user to perform atleast one of: recording multimedia content using the camera;; selectingthe multimedia content stored in the memory by the multimedia contentenhancing module on the computing device. Thereafter at step 604,enabling the end-user to select the audio track and combine the selectedaudio track with at least one of: the multimedia content recorded usingthe camera; the multimedia content selected from the memory of thecomputing device by the multimedia content enhancing module. Thereafterat step 606, sending the audio track and at least one of: the multimediacontent recorded using the camera; the multimedia content selected fromthe memory to the cloud server by the multimedia content enhancingmodule. Thereafter at step 608, receiving and analyzing the beats of theaudio track and at least one of: the multimedia content recorded; themultimedia content selected from the memory by the multimedia analyzingand visual effects retrieving module on the cloud server. Thereafter atstep 610, categorizing the series of visual effects and filters intomultiple types by the multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrievingmodule based on the analysed beats, one or more video components of atleast one of: the multimedia content recorded; the multimedia contentselected from the memory, different energy levels in the audio track anddifferent types of beats in the audio track.

Thereafter at step 612, delivering the series of categorized visualeffects and filters to the computing device from the cloud server overthe network. Thereafter at step 614, displaying the categorized visualeffects and filters on the multimedia content enhancing module andenabling the end-user to select and apply the categorized visual effectsand filters to at least one of: the multimedia content recorded; themultimedia content selected from the memory; to create an enhancedmultimedia content. Thereafter at step 616, enabling the end-user toshare and post the enhanced multimedia content on the computing deviceby the multimedia content enhancing module.

Referring to FIG. 7 is a block diagram 700 illustrating the details of adigital processing system 700 in which various aspects of the presentdisclosure are operative by execution of appropriate softwareinstructions. The Digital processing system 700 may correspond to thecomputing device 102 (or any other system in which the various featuresdisclosed above can be implemented).

Digital processing system 700 may contain one or more processors such asa central processing unit (CPU) 710, random access memory (RAM) 720,secondary memory 730, graphics controller 760, display unit 770, networkinterface 780, and input interface 790. All the components exceptdisplay unit 770 may communicate with each other over communication path750, which may contain several buses as is well known in the relevantarts. The components of FIG. 7 are described below in further detail.

CPU 710 may execute instructions stored in RAM 720 to provide severalfeatures of the present disclosure. CPU 710 may contain multipleprocessing units, with each processing unit potentially being designedfor a specific task. Alternatively, CPU 710 may contain only a singlegeneral-purpose processing unit.

RAM 720 may receive instructions from secondary memory 730 usingcommunication path 750. RAM 720 is shown currently containing softwareinstructions, such as those used in threads and stacks, constitutingshared environment 725 and/or user programs 726. Shared environment 725includes operating systems, device drivers, virtual machines, etc.,which provide a (common) run time environment for execution of userprograms 726.

Graphics controller 760 generates display signals (e.g., in RGB format)to display unit 770 based on data/instructions received from CPU 710.Display unit 770 contains a display screen to display the images definedby the display signals. Input interface 790 may correspond to a keyboardand a pointing device (e.g., touch-pad, mouse) and may be used toprovide inputs. Network interface 780 provides connectivity to a network(e.g., using Internet Protocol), and may be used to communicate withother systems (such as those shown in FIG. 1 ) connected to the network104.

Secondary memory 730 may contain hard drive 735, flash memory 736, andremovable storage drive 737. Secondary memory 730 may store the datasoftware instructions (e.g., for performing the actions noted above withrespect to the Figures), which enables digital processing system 700 toprovide several features in accordance with the present disclosure.

Some or all of the data and instructions may be provided on removablestorage unit 740, and the data and instructions may be read and providedby removable storage drive 737 to CPU 710. Floppy drive, magnetic tapedrive, CD-ROM drive, DVD Drive, Flash memory, removable memory chip(PCMCIA Card, EEPROM) are examples of such removable storage drive 737.

Removable storage unit 740 may be implemented using medium and storageformat compatible with removable storage drive 737 such that removablestorage drive 737 can read the data and instructions. Thus, removablestorage unit 740 includes a computer readable (storage) medium havingstored therein computer software and/or data. However, the computer (ormachine, in general) readable medium can be in other forms (e.g.,non-removable, random access, etc.).

In this document, the term “computer program product” is used togenerally refer to removable storage unit 740 or hard disk installed inhard drive 735. These computer program products are means for providingsoftware to digital processing system 700. CPU 710 may retrieve thesoftware instructions, and execute the instructions to provide variousfeatures of the present disclosure described above.

The term “storage media/medium” as used herein refers to anynon-transitory media that store data and/or instructions that cause amachine to operate in a specific fashion. Such storage media maycomprise non-volatile media and/or volatile media. Non-volatile mediaincludes, for example, optical disks, magnetic disks, or solid-statedrives, such as storage memory 730. Volatile media includes dynamicmemory, such as RAM 720. Common forms of storage media include, forexample, a floppy disk, a flexible disk, hard disk, solid-state drive,magnetic tape, or any other magnetic data storage medium, a CD-ROM, anyother optical data storage medium, any physical medium with patterns ofholes, a RAM, a PROM, and EPROM, a FLASH-EPROM, NVRAM, any other memorychip or cartridge.

Storage media is distinct from but may be used in conjunction withtransmission media. Transmission media participates in transferringinformation between storage media. For example, transmission mediaincludes coaxial cables, copper wire and fiber optics, including thewires that comprise bus (communication path) 750. Transmission media canalso take the form of acoustic or light waves, such as those generatedduring radio-wave and infra-red data communications.

In the preferred embodiment of this invention, the system for enhancingmultimedia content with visual effects based on audio characteristics,includes: the computing device 102 configured to establish communicationwith the cloud server 106 over the network 104, the computing device 102includes the multimedia content enhancing module 114 may be configuredto enable an end-user to perform at least one of: record multimediacontent using the camera; select the multimedia content stored in thememory of the computing device.

In another embodiment of this invention, the multimedia contentenhancing module 114 may be configured to enable the end-user to selectan audio track and combine with at least one of: multimedia contentrecorded using the camera; selected feed; and multimedia contentselected from the memory of the computing device, the multimedia contentenhancing module 114 may be configured to send the audio track and atleast one of: the multimedia content recorded using the camera; and themultimedia content selected from the memory 112 of the computing device102 to the cloud server 106.

In another embodiment of this invention, the cloud server 106 includesthe multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving module 116 may beconfigured to receive and analyze beats characteristics of the audiotrack and at least one of: the multimedia content recorded using thecamera 108; the multimedia content selected from the memory 112 of thecomputing device 102.

In another embodiment of this invention, the multimedia analyzing andvisual effects retrieving module 116 may be configured to retrieve andcategorize a series of visual effects and filters into multiple typesbased on one or more video components of at least one of: the multimediacontent recorded using the camera 108; the multimedia content selectedfrom the memory 112 of the computing device 102, different types of beatcharacteristics in the audio track.

In another embodiment of this invention, the multimedia analyzing andvisual effects retrieving module 116 on the cloud server 106 may beconfigured to deliver the series of categorized visual effects andfilters to the multimedia content enhancing module 114 on the computingdevice 102 over the network 104.

In another embodiment of this invention, the multimedia contentenhancing module 114 may be configured to display the series ofcategorized visual effects and filters on the computing device 102 andenable the end-user to select and apply the categorized visual effectsand filters to at least one of: the multimedia content recorded usingthe camera; the multimedia content selected from the memory 112 of thecomputing device 102; to create an enhanced multimedia content.

In another embodiment of this invention, the multimedia analyzing andvisual effects retrieving module 116 may be configured to analyze lyricsof the audio track and at least one of: the multimedia content recordedusing the camera; the multimedia content selected from the memory of thecomputing device. The beat characteristics comprises one or more energylevels, type of instruments, and timing of beats, overall intensity andkinetic energy within the audio track, sustained tones.

In another embodiment of this invention, the multimedia contentenhancing module 114 may be configured to enable the end-user to shareand post the enhanced multimedia content on the computing device 102.The multimedia content enhancing module 114 may be configured to performprocessing of the multimedia content by applying the series of visualeffects and filters on the computing device without the cloud server106. The multimedia content enhancing module 114 may be configured toenable the end-user to shuffle through multiple combinations of seriesof visual effects and filters to select one visual effect and filterfrom the series of visual effects and filters.

In another embodiment of this invention, the multimedia contentenhancing module 114 may be configured to enhance the multimedia contentautomatically by applying the series of visual effects and filters andsimulated camera movements to improve the visual appeal of themultimedia content based on the audio track. The multimedia contentenhancing module 114 may be configured to enable the end-user to applythe series of visual effects and filters to the multimedia contentmanually upon touching an icon on the multimedia content enhancingmodule 114 to invoke automatic enhancements.

In another embodiment of this invention, the multimedia contentenhancing module 114 includes the multimedia content recording andselection module 202 may be configured to enable the end-user to recordthe multimedia content on the computing device 102 using the camera 108and to perform at least one of: selecting the multimedia content storedin the memory 112 of the computing device 102; the audio track selectionenabling module 204 may be configured to enable the end-user to selectthe audio track to create the enhanced multimedia content; the automaticvisual effects enhancements module 206 may be configured to apply theseries of visual effects and filters automatically related to thesemantics in the right places based on the beats/lyrics of the selectedaudio track. The automatic visual effects enhancements module 206 may beconfigured to enable the end-user to visualize the enhanced multimediacontent on the computing device 102 as the multimedia content is beingrecorded using the camera 108. The automatic visual effects enhancementsmodule 206 may be configured to detect the types of beats in the audiotrack and relevant points based on the energy level changes and beatcharacteristics to which different types of visual effects can beapplied. The automatic visual effects enhancements module 206 may beconfigured to enable the end-user to apply the series of visual effectsand filters on the computing device 102 as the end-user records themultimedia content using the camera 108.

In another embodiment of this invention, the multimedia contentenhancing module 114 includes the post-processing module 208 may beconfigured to enable the end-user to apply the series of visual effectsand filters to the multimedia content and to select the enhancedmultimedia content from multiple versions of the enhanced multimediacontents; the content preview enabling module 210 may be configured toenable the end-user to preview the enhanced multimedia contentautomatically when recorded; the visual effects and filters selectionmodule 212 may be configured to enable the end-user to select a desiredvisual effects and filters to create the enhanced multimedia content;the visual effects and filters selection module 212 may be configured tokeep track of the end-user's selected version of the multimediaenhancements and adapt to the visual effects that the end-user is likelyto select.

In another embodiment of this invention, the multimedia analyzing andvisual effects retrieving module 116 includes the multimedia contentreceiving module 302 may be configured to receive at least one of: themultimedia content recorded using the camera 108; the multimedia contentselected from the memory of the computing device 102; and the selectedaudio track from the computing device 102 over the network 106; theaudio track analyzing module 304 may be configured to analyze the beatsand/or the lyrics of the selected audio track and perform sound analysisto identify different types of audio instruments from the audio trackand use specific effects that are complementary to such instruments; thesound analyzing module 306 may be configured to analyze sound of theselected audio track. The sound analyzing module 306 may be configuredto perform sound analysis to keep track of audio fingerprints within theaudio track to have uniformity in effects for similar sounds.

In another embodiment of this invention, the characteristics detectingmodule 308 may be configured to detect similar and distinct beatcharacteristics in the audio track, thereby enabling the user to use theright types of visual effects and filters to create the enhancedmultimedia content; the visual effects and filters synchronizing module312 may be configured to synchronize the visual effects and filters tothe multimedia content to create better experiences.

In another embodiment of this invention, a method for enhancingmultimedia content with visual effects based on audio characteristics,comprising: enabling an end-user to perform at least one of: recordingmultimedia content using a camera; selecting the multimedia contentstored in a memory by a multimedia content enhancing module on thecomputing device; enabling the end-user to select an audio track andcombine the selected audio track with at least one of: the multimediacontent recorded using the camera; the multimedia content selected fromthe memory of the computing device by the multimedia content enhancingmodule; sending the audio track and at least one of: the multimediacontent recorded using the camera; the multimedia content selected fromthe memory to the cloud server by the multimedia content enhancingmodule; receiving and analyzing beats and/or lyrics of the audio trackand at least one of: the multimedia content recorded; the multimediacontent selected from the memory by a multimedia analyzing and visualeffects retrieving module on the cloud server; categorizing a series ofvisual effects and filters into multiple types by the multimediaanalyzing and visual effects retrieving module based on one or morevideo components of at least one of: the multimedia content recorded;the multimedia content selected from the memory, different beatcharacteristics in the audio track and different types of beats in theaudio track; delivering the series of categorized visual effects andfilters to the computing device from the cloud server over the network;displaying categorized visual effects and filters on the multimediacontent enhancing module and enabling the end-user to select and applythe categorized visual effects and filters to at least one of: themultimedia content recorded; the multimedia content selected from thememory; to create an enhanced multimedia content; and enabling theend-user to share and post the enhanced multimedia content on thecomputing device by the multimedia content enhancing module.

In another embodiment of this invention, a computer program productcomprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having acomputer-readable program code embodied therein to be executed by one ormore processors, said program code including instructions to: enable anend-user to perform at least one of: record multimedia content using acamera; select the multimedia content stored in a memory by a multimediacontent enhancing module on the computing device; enable the end-user toselect an audio track and combine the selected audio track with at leastone of: the multimedia content recorded using the camera; the multimediacontent selected from the memory of the computing device by themultimedia content enhancing module; send the audio track and at leastone of: the multimedia content recorded using the camera; the multimediacontent selected from the memory to the cloud server by the multimediacontent enhancing module; receive and analyze beats characteristics ofthe audio track and at least one of: the multimedia content recorded;the multimedia content selected from the memory by a multimediaanalyzing and visual effects retrieving module on the cloud server;retrieve and categorize a series of visual effects and filters intomultiple types by the multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrievingmodule based on different beat characteristics in the audio track, andone or more video components of at least one of: the multimedia contentrecorded; the multimedia content selected from the memory; deliver theseries of categorized visual effects and filters to the computing devicefrom the cloud server over the network; display categorized visualeffects and filters on the multimedia content enhancing module andenable the end-user to select and apply the categorized visual effectsand filters to at least one of: the multimedia content recorded; themultimedia content selected from the memory; to create an enhancedmultimedia content; and enable the end-user to share and post theenhanced multimedia content on the computing device by the multimediacontent enhancing module.

Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment”, “anembodiment”, or similar language means that a particular feature,structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodimentis included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Thus,appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment”, “in an embodiment” andsimilar language throughout this specification may, but do notnecessarily, all refer to the same embodiment.

Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics ofthe disclosure may be combined in any suitable manner in one or moreembodiments. In the above description, numerous specific details areprovided such as examples of programming, software modules, userselections, network transactions, database queries, database structures,hardware modules, hardware circuits, hardware chips, etc., to provide athorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure.

Although the present disclosure has been described in terms of certainpreferred embodiments and illustrations thereof, other embodiments andmodifications to preferred embodiments may be possible that are withinthe principles and spirit of the invention. The above descriptions andfigures are therefore to be regarded as illustrative and notrestrictive.

Thus the scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appendedclaims and includes both combinations and sub-combinations of thevarious features described hereinabove as well as variations andmodifications thereof, which would occur to persons skilled in the artupon reading the foregoing description.

What is claimed is:
 1. A system for enhancing multimedia content withvisual effects based on audio characteristics, comprising: a computingdevice configured to establish communication with a cloud server over anetwork, whereby the computing device comprises a multimedia contentenhancing module configured to enable an end-user to perform at leastone of: record multimedia content using a camera; select the multimediacontent stored in a memory of the computing device; the multimediacontent enhancing module configured to enable the end-user to select anaudio track and combine with at least one of: multimedia contentrecorded using the camera; and multimedia content selected from thememory of the computing device, whereby the multimedia content enhancingmodule configured to send the audio track and at least one of: themultimedia content recorded using the camera; and the multimedia contentselected from the memory of the computing device to the cloud server;the cloud server comprising a multimedia analyzing and visual effectsretrieving module configured to receive and analyze one or more beatscharacteristics of the audio track and at least one of: the multimediacontent recorded using the camera; the multimedia content selected fromthe memory of the computing device, whereby the multimedia analyzing andvisual effects retrieving module configured to retrieve and categorizethe series of visual effects and filters into multiple types based onthe one or more beat characteristics in the audio track, and one or morevideo components of at least one of: the multimedia content recordedusing the camera; the multimedia content selected from the memory of thecomputing device; the multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrievingmodule on the cloud server configured to deliver the series ofcategorized visual effects and filters to the multimedia contentenhancing module on the computing device over the network, whereby themultimedia content enhancing module configured to display the series ofcategorized visual effects and filters on the computing device andenable the end-user to select and apply the categorized visual effectsand filters to at least one of: the multimedia content recorded usingthe camera; the multimedia content selected from the memory of thecomputing device; to create an enhanced multimedia content; and themultimedia content enhancing module configured to enable the end-user toshare and post the enhanced multimedia content on the computing device.2. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia analyzing and visualeffects retrieving module configured to analyze lyrics of the audiotrack and at least one of: the multimedia content recorded using thecamera; the multimedia content selected from the memory of the computingdevice.
 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the beat characteristics ofthe audio track comprises at least one: one or more energy levels; typeof instruments; timing of beats; overall intensity and kinetic energywithin the audio track; and sustained tones.
 4. The system of claim 1,wherein the multimedia content enhancing module is configured to enhancethe multimedia content automatically by applying the series of visualeffects and filters and simulated camera movements to improve the visualappeal of the multimedia content based on the audio track.
 5. The systemof claim 1, wherein the multimedia content enhancing module isconfigured to enable the end-user to apply the series of visual effectsand filters to the multimedia content manually upon touching an icon onthe multimedia content enhancing module to invoke automaticenhancements.
 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia contentenhancing module is configured to perform processing of the multimediacontent by applying series of visual effects and filters on thecomputing device without the cloud server.
 7. The system of claim 1,wherein the multimedia content enhancing module is configured to enablethe end-user to shuffle through multiple combinations of series ofvisual effects and filters to select one visual effect and filter fromthe series of visual effects and filters.
 8. The system of claim 1,wherein the multimedia content enhancing module comprising a multimediacontent recording and selection module is configured to enable theend-user to record the multimedia content on the computing device usingthe camera and to perform at least one of: selecting the feed; selectingthe multimedia content stored in the memory of the computing device. 9.The system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content enhancing modulecomprising an audio track selection enabling module is configured toenable the end-user to select the audio track to create the enhancedmultimedia content.
 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimediacontent enhancing module comprising an automatic visual effectsenhancements module is configured to apply the series of visual effectsand filters automatically related to the semantics in the right placesbased on the lyrics of the selected audio track.
 11. The system of claim10, wherein the automatic visual effects enhancements module isconfigured to enable the end-user to visualize the enhanced multimediacontent on the computing device as the multimedia content is beingrecorded using the camera.
 12. The system of claim 10, wherein theautomatic visual effects enhancements module is configured to detect thetypes of beats in the audio track and relevant points based on theenergy level changes to which different types of visual effects can beapplied.
 13. The system of claim 10, wherein the automatic visualeffects enhancements module is configured to enable the end-user toapply the series of visual effects and filters on the computing deviceas the end-user records the multimedia content using the camera.
 14. Thesystem of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content enhancing modulecomprising a post-processing module is configured to enable the end-userto apply the series of visual effects and filters to the multimediacontent and enables to select the enhanced multimedia content frommultiple versions of the enhanced multimedia content.
 15. The system ofclaim 1, wherein the multimedia content enhancing module comprising acontent preview enabling module is configured to enable the end-user topreview the automatically enhanced multimedia content when recordedusing the camera.
 16. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimediacontent enhancing module comprising a visual effects and filtersselection module is configured to enable the end-user to select adesired visual effects and filters to create the enhanced multimediacontent.
 17. The system of claim 16, wherein the visual effects andfilters selection module is configured to keep track of the end-user'sselected version of the multimedia enhancements and adapt to the visualeffects that the end-user is likely to select.
 18. The system of claim1, wherein the multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving modulecomprising a multimedia receiving module is configured to receive atleast one of: the multimedia content recorded using the camera; themultimedia content selected from the memory of the computing device; andthe selected audio track from the computing device over the network. 19.The system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia analyzing and visualeffects retrieving module comprising an audio track analyzing module isconfigured to analyze the lyrics of the selected audio track and performsound analysis to identify different types of audio instruments from theaudio track and use specific effects that are complementary to suchinstruments.
 20. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia analyzingand visual effects retrieving module comprising a sound analyzing moduleis configured to analyze sound of the selected audio track.
 21. Thesystem of claim 20, wherein the sound analyzing module is configured toperform sound analysis to keep track of audio fingerprints within theaudio track to have uniformity in effects for similar sounds.
 22. Thesystem of claim 1, wherein the multimedia analyzing and visual effectsretrieving module comprising a characteristics detecting module isconfigured to detect similar and distinct beat characteristics in theaudio track thereby enabling the user to use the right types of visualeffects to create the enhanced multimedia content.
 23. The system ofclaim 1, wherein the multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrievingmodule comprising a visual effects and filters synchronizing module isconfigured to synchronize the visual effects and filters to themultimedia content to create better experiences.
 24. A method forenhancing multimedia content with visual effects based on audiocharacteristics, comprising: enabling an end-user to perform at leastone of: recording multimedia content using a camera; selecting themultimedia content stored in a memory by a multimedia content enhancingmodule on the computing device; enabling the end-user to select an audiotrack and combine the selected audio track with at least one of: themultimedia content recorded using the camera; the multimedia contentselected from the memory of the computing device by the multimediacontent enhancing module; sending the audio track and at least one of:the multimedia content recorded using the camera; the multimedia contentselected from the memory to the cloud server by the multimedia contentenhancing module; receiving and analyzing beats characteristics of theaudio track and at least one of: the multimedia content recorded; themultimedia content selected from the memory by a multimedia analyzingand visual effects retrieving module on the cloud server; retrieving andcategorizing a series of visual effects and filters into multiple typesby the multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving module basedon different beat characteristics in the audio track, and one or morevideo components of at least one of: the multimedia content recorded;the multimedia content selected from the memory; delivering the seriesof categorized visual effects and filters to the computing device fromthe cloud server over the network; displaying categorized visual effectsand filters on the multimedia content enhancing module and enabling theend-user to select and apply the categorized visual effects and filtersto at least one of: the multimedia content recorded; the multimediacontent selected from the memory; to create an enhanced multimediacontent; and enabling the end-user to share and post the enhancedmultimedia content on the computing device by the multimedia contentenhancing module.
 25. A computer program product comprising anon-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readableprogram code embodied therein to be executed by one or more processors,said program code including instructions to: enable an end-user toperform at least one of: record multimedia content using a camera;select the multimedia content stored in a memory by a multimedia contentenhancing module on the computing device; enable the end-user to selectan audio track and combine the selected audio track with at least oneof: the multimedia content recorded using the camera; the multimediacontent selected from the memory of the computing device by themultimedia content enhancing module; send the audio track and at leastone of: the multimedia content recorded using the camera; the multimediacontent selected from the memory to the cloud server by the multimediacontent enhancing module; receive and analyze beats characteristics ofthe audio track and at least one of: the multimedia content recorded;the multimedia content selected from the memory by a multimediaanalyzing and visual effects retrieving module on the cloud server;retrieve and categorize a series of visual effects and filters intomultiple types by the multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrievingmodule based on different beat characteristics in the audio track, andone or more video components of at least one of: the multimedia contentrecorded; the multimedia content selected from the memory; deliver theseries of categorized visual effects and filters to the computing devicefrom the cloud server over the network; display categorized visualeffects and filters on the multimedia content enhancing module andenable the end-user to select and apply the categorized visual effectsand filters to at least one of: the multimedia content recorded; themultimedia content selected from the memory; to create an enhancedmultimedia content; and enable the end-user to share and post theenhanced multimedia content on the computing device by the multimediacontent enhancing module.